Researchers have developed a new approach for manipulating the behavior of cells on semiconductor materials, using…
Month: May 2017
Cell ‘canibalism’ educates our defenses
Phagocytosis is a biological mechanism whereby specialized cells ingest and degrade old, dead, or damaged cells…
Water-repellant material sheds like a snake when damaged
Imagine a raincoat that heals a scratch by shedding the part of the outer layer that's…
NY Times swings to profit on digital gains
The New York Times said Wednesday it added more than 300,000 digital subscribers in the first…
MMS Observations of Large Guide Field Symmetric Reconnection Between Colliding Reconnection Jets at the Center of a Magnetic Flux Rope at the Magnetopause
Abstract: We report evidence for reconnection between colliding reconnection jets in a compressed current sheet at…
Ancient meteorite impact sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions on Earth
Meteorite impacts can produce more than craters on the Earth - they can also spark volcanic…
Supercharging the computers that will save the world
Computer scientist Gonzalo Rodrigo at Umeå University in Sweden has developed new techniques and tools to…
What roundworms can teach us about human growth
Human beings and the roundworm C. elegans have more in common than you'd expect. Thanks to…
Steepening of Waves at the Duskside Magnetopause
Abstract: Surface waves at the magnetopause flanks typically feature steeper, i.e., more inclined leading (antisunward facing)…
Rippled Quasiperpendicular Shock Observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft
Abstract: Collisionless shock nonstationarity arising from microscale physics influences shock structure and particle acceleration mechanisms. Nonstationarity…